Coastal Deposits: Environmental Implications, Mathematical Modeling and Technological Development

Dear Colleagues,

The understanding of coastal environments is reaching high importance, as the use of the coastline has been predominant in the last decades. Anthropogenic impact is progressively deteriorating these settings due chiefly to building and infrastructure construction, and many other applications, such as fisheries, transport, and touristic activities. To protect the coast, an extensive knowledge of how nature interacts with the human processes is more and more necessary.

This Special Issue on "Coastal Deposits: Environmental Implications, Mathematical Modeling, and Technological Development" aims to collect high-quality, innovative research papers dealing with many scientific aspects regarding the coast, including sedimentation, 3D-architecture, facies distribution, and related processes, mathematical modeling and innovative techniques in the study and preservation of the coastline. Multi-disciplinary studies, including dynamics, morphology interactions, and coastal protection techniques are welcome.

New approaches and innovative methods leading to understand and protect the coast from erosion due to the incoming, frequent high-energy events, coupled with SLR are of high interest. Other sources of disruption are modifications of the coast due to different installations (breakwaters, recreational ports, harbors, and others) on the shore and adjacent environments. The use of mathematical models could be advantageous to produce simulations which could help to understand or predict modifications in sediment patterns and shore morphology. Another aspect of interest is coastal monitoring through a series of techniques including coastal watch camera installations, web-cameras, remote sensing (SAR, LANDSAT, Sentinel images), air-borne LIDAR, and UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) data, amongst others.

Prof. Marta Pérez Arlucea
Dr. Rita González-Villanueva
Guest Editors

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